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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is the problem...people are claiming that my 1600 SAT kid that never visited College X, didn't show any particular knowledge or interest in College X in their application, etc. was rejected due to "Yield Protection".

That is not yield protection...that is a smart college knowing you have no interest.

Yield protection would be the 1600 SAT kid visiting the college, talking to the regional AO, showing lots of interest...but then say LSU just can't fathom you attending and rejects you because they feel like if Top 10 comes calling, that is where you will go.[/quote]

Bingo!

My kid's top 2 final choices are colleges that get listed for "yield protecting" (especially one of them).  Why?  Because the campus is filled with T25/Ivy wanna-bees!  These kids have the stats/resume to be competitive at those schools but didn't win the outright lottery.  Oh and both of these schools are also in areas where "most kids are not that excited to attend---most didn't pick the school for the geographical location".  For 60-70% of kids this was not their Top choice.  They all applied to 2-3 T25 schools.  However, most got WL or sophomore year start at at least 1 of those T 25 choices (my kid and ALL of their friends had this occur).   Had most of those kids gotten an outright acceptance at one of those schools, they'd 99.999% be at that school. 
 
The schools know a competitive candidate for "higher schools" and if you want to get admission to a slightly lower school you MUST demonstrate extreme interest.  For my kid, where they landed was their 2nd choice, but in their heart I think it was actually their top choice and best fit for them ---but they applied ED1 to a T10 in a more desirable location/my alma mater and it's an amazing school.  But they ended up at what was probably truly the best choice for them.  
But they worked hard to show demonstrated interest at both of those schools, because we knew the T10 was a crap shoot.  In return they got into both schools with good merit.

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